HOSA Behavioral Health

Persistent depressive disorder - Answer •Chronic depression, most days for at least two years in adults one year for children and adolescents. •No more than two months symptom-free during that time •Often occurs in childhood, adolescence, or early adulthood and tends to be chronic •Symptoms similar to those of MDD but less severe major depressive disorder (MDD): • - Answer May be one episode or recurring episodes •Symptoms are present for ≥ 14 days •Symptoms coexist ...

What is a Mental Disorder - Answer -involve changes in thinking, mood, and/or behavior;can affect how we relate to others and make a decision. How many people experienced a mental disorder? Substance abuse disorder? How many had both? - Answer -43.6 million -20.2 million -7.9 million What is anxiety - Answer -anxiety can range from specific phobias to general feelings of wory and tension. -characterized by excessive fear or anxiety to control and negatively and substantially impac...

Sensory receptors - Answer sensory nerve ending that responds to a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism Neuron - Answer a specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell Sensory neurons - Answer a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord Motor neurons - Answer a nerve cell forming part of a pathway along which impulses pass from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle or gland Interneurons - Answer a neuron that trans...

Central Nervous system (CNS) - Answer includes the brain and spinal cord brainstem - Answer contains midbrain, medulla, and pons medulla - Answer controls vital body functions ex: heart rate, breathing pons - Answer control the management of sleep, arousal, facial expression cerebellum - Answer maintaining balance and motor coordination cerebellum - Answer contains more neurons than the rest of the brain midbrain - Answer controls sensory reflexes, movement, pain ...